Kidapawan, Makilala possible targets of terrorist attacks: US embassy
Below is the travel advisory issued over the weekend by the US embassy in Manila for US citizens: WARDEN MESSAGE June 1, 2007 THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES IS…
Gov’t, MILF urged: Extend life of ceasefire body
Without the intervention by the AHJAG -- which investigates incidents of violence or disturbance that, on many occasions in the past, complicated the negotiations -- elements from the military and the MILF could easily engage in confrontation, given the often unknown or unclear origins of violent conflicts, particularly in the MILF areas in Central Mindanao. Criminal syndicates operate in that area and their activities have often been blamed on the MILF, thus complicating the peace process and the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.
Philippines’s Arroyo to see Pope today
MANILA — After attending the canonization of Marie Eugenie Milleret, the French founder of the Religious of the Assumption, and three other new saints of the Catholic Church in St. Peter’s Square, President Macapagal-Arroyo met with the Filipino community here and joined 1,500 Filipino pilgrims in a musical in honor of Marie Eugenie.
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TU: Mindanao may win it for Zubiri, Recto
The administration?s Team Unity (TU) is pinning its hopes on less than two million votes from six provinces in Mindanao that have yet to be canvassed to push Miguel Zubiri and Ralph Recto into the Magic 12.
The provinces are Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Surigao del Norte.
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New Iloilo airport to open June 13
THE New Iloilo Airport would have its first commercial flight and its inauguration on June 13. Rafael Coscolluela, presidential adviser for Western Visayas, said Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza has cleared…